SOCB26H3 Chapter 5: Chapter 5.docx
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Chapter 5- the structural transformation of schooling: accommodation, competition & stratification. Before 2nd world war higher education was considered a waste of time and resources. Higher education for all ethos and a revolution of expectations across north america. 3 ongoing transformations of schooling structures and 3 important arguments: schools have accommodated more and more types of students by diversifying their offerings and expanding their range of programs, courses and services- an inclusive or egalitarian pressure. 2)segments of education are becoming more competitive- a contest or achievement pressure: these crosscutting pressures (inclusion versus contest) are altering forms of stratification in canadian education. Stratification: structuring different programs or institutions as higher or lower than one another and linking that hierarchy to better or worse opportunities in advanced levels of education or in job markets. The traditional form of educational stratification in high schools has been known as streaming in.
